Marriage and Family Therapists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,757
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$25,763
28.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,792
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$91,520
Kept after tax
$65,757
Worth in national money
$62,792
State rank
4
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for marriage and family therapists. The middle earner takes $91,520, which ranks 4 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 36.72% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, marriage and family therapists ranks 122 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $91,520, tax leaves $65,757 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $62,792 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $102,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 4 of 45 states publishing a median for marriage and family therapists, at $91,520 — about 36.72% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, marriage and family therapists sits 122 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $65,757 remains from the Oregon median of $91,520 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $62,792 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $102,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,190 |
| This salary | $91,520 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Oregon | $65,757 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,214 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,551 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $80,919 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,336 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $91,520. The published range is $60,060 up to $165,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $65,757, from $91,520, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 122 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,792, the adjusted value of that $91,520 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 122 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for marriage and family therapists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,060 to $165,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,757 from $91,520. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 122 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $62,792 — the adjusted value of that $91,520 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 122 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $102,390, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,060 at the bottom tenth to $165,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $62,792 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oregon's own levy, $65,757 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oregon is $102,390. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,060) and the ninetieth ($165,190) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $62,792 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $65,757 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.